Denver—The Denver Nuggets go for their third straight win tonight when they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Pepsi Center.

NHL/AVS

Denver—The Avs beat the New Jersey Devils last night at the Pepsi Center 2 to 1 in a shootout. Ryan O’Reilly had a goal and scored in the shootout, Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves. The Avs travel to Nashville, Tennessee tomorrow night to take on the Predators.

BRONCOS VP ELWAY SAYS MANNING HAS MORE IN THE TANK

Denver—(AP) – John Elway doesn’t see Peyton Manning riding off into that orange Rocky Mountain sunset the way Elway did 15 years ago if the Denver Broncos quarterback caps his record-setting season with a second Super Bowl ring. Elway’s body was breaking down, having been sacked 516 times – 244 more than Manning has been in about the same number of games. Manning has given no indication that he’s anywhere near calling it quits at age 37, although he has dropped phrases lately like “light at the end of the tunnel” when talking about his career. Elway takes that to mean Manning knows that whenever he does walk away, these are the days he’ll look back on. Manning is preparing to lead the Broncos against the New England Patriots Sunday in the AFC championship.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: BUFFS LOSE AT HOME TO UCLA

BOULDER (AP) – Norman Powell matched his season high with 19 points and No. 25 UCLA pulled away in the second half to beat No. 21 Colorado 69-56 last night, handing the short-handed Buffaloes their first loss of the season at home.Jordan Adams had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and David Wear added 13 points for UCLA (14-3, 3-1 Pac-12), which has won consecutive games since a narrow loss to top-ranked Arizona a week ago.Askia Booker scored 21 points and Josh Scott 19 for Colorado (14-4, 3-2). The Buffaloes were playing for the first time since guard Spencer Dinwiddie, who was leading the team in scoring, assists and steals, sustained a season-ending knee injury during last Sunday’s loss at Washington.